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# Peter Barton

Idaho District Court, Judicial District 4 · District Judge

## Profile

- Court: Idaho District Court, Judicial District 4
- State: Idaho
- Role: District Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Attorney, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C., 2002-2006
- Law clerk, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
- Appointed district judge by Gov
- District Judge in Ada County

### Education

- Harvard Law School — J.D. (2000)
- E. in civil and environmental engineering, Duke University — B.S. (1992)

### Additional information

- Judge Barton has presided over significant cases, including a 2019 lawsuit against the West Ada School District regarding kindergarten fees.
- Butch Otter, June 8, 2017, succeeding Patrick Owen
- Joined the Idaho 4th Judicial District by Governor Brad Little on June 8, 2017, replacing Patrick Owen.
- Associate, Givens Pursley, from 2006; partner from 2011
- Senior project manager, Sheaffer & Roland, Chicago
- Beyond his judicial duties, Barton’s professional background includes extensive legal expertise in both civil and criminal law.
- Recognized for his contributions to the Idaho legal system and has a record of handling complex cases in the 4th Judicial District
- handling felony criminal cases and civil cases exceeding $10,000 in value.
- In this case, he granted the district’s second request for summary judgment, effectively ending the lawsuit.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### electronic exhibit format

Scope: statewide

Idaho's statewide electronic-filing rule generally requires text-searchable PDF or PDF/A submissions and a 50 MB per-document limit; scanned-image attachments and exhibits may use standard PDF and are not rejected for the usual text-searchability format requirement.

Evidence excerpt: A document ... submitted electronically to the court must be in the form of a text-searchable Portable Document Format (PDF) or a text-searchable Portable Document Format/A (PDF/A) file ... and not exceed 50 megabytes. A document that is an attachment or exhibit ... may be in standard PDF format and need not be text searchable.

[Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs)
Source checked: 2026-07-27


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory)
- [Official roster](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory)
- [Idaho Supreme Court official judicial roster](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory)
- [Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs)
- [current_membership](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-0c38e11cda2478da65cd7ff5) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs). Collected 2026-07-27.